Hair curler



Mal ch 27, 1928.

C: NESSLER HAIR CURLER Filed Feb. 2, 1927' NVENTOR. m,

ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 27, 1928.

* UNMEQ stares CHARLES NESSLER, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAIR CURLER.

Application filed February 2, 1927. Serial No. 165,332.

This invention relates generally to the permanent waving of hair and more particularly to means for supporting or holding the preliminarily wound or coiled strands in is tightly wound condition until they have been subjected to the heating operation which forms an essential part of the permanent waving process.

The preliminary winding of the strands which is an essential to successful permanent waving is produced by coiling or winding each strand on a rod which can be then in serted into a tubular heatingdevice to un dergo the necessary heat. treatment. The

preliminary winding is ordinarily done by hand and considerable skill is required to properly tie or otherwise secure the wound strands to the supporting rods at their opposite ends. The supporting or curling rods 29 are in some cases equipped with locking devices or spring gripping members which are difficult to operate and are particularly troublesome in the hands of woman operators whose fingers lack the necessary muscular strength for properly manipulating the devices. 7

A general object of the present invention is to provide a hair curling device which will be free from the objections referred to,

30 which can be readily manipulated without the exercise of" considerable strength and skill by the operator, and which will firmly hold the wound strands without discomfort to the customer. 7 I The invention comprises a hair curling device which includes a tubular rod having strand gripping means mounted at one end,

thereof and having an actuatingmember for I the gripping means extending through the tubular. rod to the opposite end for convenient access by the operator.- A feature of the invention resides in the provision of strand gripping means consistingof a hook member with which is associated a finger hinged at one end for movement toward and from the hollow of the I v Ano'ther feature of the invention resides p in a capability er the curling rods of lying the device placed in flat against the scalp and'thereby producing a minimum of strain and annoyance. Still another featureof the invention resides in the use of a flexible metal clamping member which is adapted'to be clamped in gripping engagement with the free ends of v the strand to maintain the strand intight- 1y wound condition during; the heating 0perations.

Other features of the invention will be hereinafter refered to.' j

In the drawings, in which a preferredembodiment of the invention has been selected the condition of'the deVice-atthe end of a winding operation and :with the strand of hair coiled preparatory to a heating operation" r Fig. 4 is a view in perspective showing a clip member used in holding the free end of the coiled strand in place on the curling device;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale showing the strand gripping portion of the device; c v

Fig. 6 is a view in vertical section taken at right'angles to Fig. 5; 1 c a Fig. 7 is a view. similar to Fig. 5 showing the parts in closed instead of open position.

Referring to the drawings for av more detailed description of the invention, a v

tubular strand supporting or curlingrod 10 is shown on whicha strand of hair is adapted to be wound or coiled preliminary to the subjecting of the strand to, a heating opera- 7 tion. 7 Through the length of the hollow rod 510 extends a secondaryrodlllwhich terminates atone end in a hook-shaped mem-.

ber 12 which is adapted toengage the strand of hair. Carried by the base of the hook member 12 is a finger .or'latch pieces 13Jpivoted able to the base portion 15 of thehook 7 member." The .pivoted 1 finger :13 passes through a slit '16 in the side wallofthetubu- 'lar rod 10 and engages a transverse pin 17 mounted in the hollow rod near the end thereof;

With this relation of parts longitudinal movement of the rod 11 with relation to the tubular rodlO moves the hook member .12

toward or from the adjacent end of the tubular rod 10 and at the same time swings the pivoted finger 13 about its pivotal point. In the position of the parts shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings the hook member 12 oocupies a position farthest removed from the end of the rod with the finger member 13 shown in a horizontal or open position. In the position of the parts shown in Fig. 7 the hook member 12 is shown in its inward position in which it occupies a place closely adjacent the end of the tubular rod 10. At the same time the finger member 13 has been swung inwardly to a substantially vertical position and occupies a gripping relation to a strand of hair 18 which is engaged between the finger 13 and the inner curve or recess 19 of the hook member 12. The movement of the finger 13 to its closed position is produced by the engagement of the outer edge of the rod with the inner end of the slit 16, as will be seen. On the other hand, the movement of the finger 13 to open position in the outward projection of the hook member 12 is produced by the engagement of the inner edge of the finger 13 with the transverse pin 1( which is indicated 1n Fig. 5 of the drawings.

The movement of the parts to open or closed position is produced by the longitudinal adjustment of the secondary rod 11, as

has been indicated, this adjustment being produced by rotation of the knurled nut 20 carried by the outer end of the rod 11 in engagement with the adjacent end of the tubular rod 10. The inside rod 11 is upset, as at 24,-to prevent removal of the nut 20 from the threaded portion of the rod.

The hook member 12 referred to is preferably formed in two parts, as is clearly indicated in Fig. 6 of'the drawings, the arrangement being such that the finger member 13 moves between the separated bills of the hook member 12. j j

It willbe seen that the relation of the strand gripping hook member 12 to the rod is such that when the rod is placed in gripping relation to a strand of hair, it may lie,

substantially fiat on the scalp of the person whose hair is being treated, thereby obviating the discomfort which is occasioned by the engagement of flat disc hair gripping members extending transverselyto the axis of therod.

When the strand of hair has been gripped by the hook member 12 andfinger 13, as is indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the

' strand is then woundin a helical arrangement about the rod to. produce the effect indicated in Fig.3of the drawings. When the strand has been fully wound in place on the rod 10, a clip member 21 shown on an enlarged scale in Fig. 4 of the drawings is placed in clamping relation toxthe'end portions of the strand to hold or maintain the is preferably of a nature lacking resiliency and. adapted to remain in any position in which it is placed so that a gripping relation produced in the clip member is retained.

The readiness with which the gripping device can be placed in operative position is an important feature of the invention since it obviates the skill and muscular effort necessary to tie the strands to the end of the curling rod as is characteristic of prior practice.

In order to cause the curling rod with its strand of coiled hair within the heating tube 22 to maintain its position within the tube aspring member 23 is mounted on the hook member 12 and extends laterally in a bowed formation to frictionally engage the inner wall of the tube 22. Thus it willbe seen that the free end of the hook member 12 engages the tube at one side while thespring 23 engages the opposite wall to thereby frictionally hold the parts in position within the tube.

What I claim is: 1. A hair curling device comprising a tubular curling-rod, an endwise movable rod e-xtendlng through said tubular rod and provided with a protruding hook-member havthe mouth of said hook-member, said finger being engaged by said tubular rod and moved thereby into closed position when said movable rod is moved inwardly into the tubular-rod. I i

2. A hair curling device comprising a tuing an eccentrically pivoted finger for closing bular curling rod, an endwise movable rod extending through said tubular-rod and provided with a protrudinghook-member having a pivoted finger for closing the hookmember, a fixed part on said tubular-rod for engaging and swinging the finger into-open position when the movable rod is moved outwardly.

3. A hair curling device comprising a tubular curling rod, an endwise movable rod extending through said tubularro'd and provided with a protruding hook-memberhaving a recessed beak, a pivoted finger for closing said hook-member and taking into the recess in the beak.

1. A hair curling device comprising a tubular curling rod, an inside rod extending through the tubular curling rod. and pro-=' vided with a hook member at one end, a finger pivoted at one. end to the hook member, and means for adjusting the inside rod longitudinally of the tubular curling rod to thereby move the pivoted portion of the finger into the adjacent end of the rod to swing the finger to clamping relation to the hook member.

5. A hair curling device comprisinga tu-' bular curling rod, an inside rod extending through the tubular rod and provided with a hook member at one end of the rod, a

knurled nut member having threaded engagement with the other end of the rod for adjusting the inside rod longitudinally of the tubular rod, a finger pivoted at one end to the base portion of the hook member, said finger being adapted to be swung into closing relation to the hook member when the pivoted portion is drawn into the end of the tubular rod, and a transversely extending pin mounted on the tubular rod for engaging and swinging the finger to releasing osition when the parts are moved outwardly with relation to the tubular rod.

, 6. Ina hair curling device, a curling rod, means at one end of the rod for gripping a strand of hair, and a detachable clip member for clamping the outer end of a wound strand to the rod and comprising an elongated shell having lateral openings therein.

7. A hair curling device comprising a tubular curling rod, an endwise movable rod extending through said tubular rod and provided with a protruding hook having a pivoted finger for closing the mouth thereof,

a friction spring mounted on said hook for engaging under tension the interior wall of j a heater when the device is inserted therein. 8. A spring clip for holding a wound strand of hair upon a curling rod, the same comprising a split sleeve of resilient material formed with a corrugation extending longitudinally of the sleeve onthe median line thereof. a

9. A spring clip for holding a wound strand of hair upon a curling rod, the same comprising a split, sleeve of resilient matefinger when the hook is moved in the reverse direction, the end of the movable rod remote from the hook projecting beyond the tubular rod and provided with an external thread at such end, and a nut mounted on' said threaded end of the movable rod for moving said rod endwise. j

Signed'at New York city, in the county of New York and State ofNew York this 25 day of January A. D 1927 7 CHARLES NESSLER. 

